Our kids are growing!!! We have so many new milestones being hit and this mama is always sad that they are growing so fast.
Oliver:
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| Potty Training: Take #1 |
I foolishly started potty training a few weeks ago. Because I'm a crazy person and just can't wait. I knew the summer would be the easiest time to do it since the kids just run around naked anyway...well. Oliver filled up his first sticker chart in record time (earning Cars toys and eventually his Thomas and Mickey undies) and has successfully pooped in the potty once. In three weeks. He rushes to the toilet because he knows he has to go, sits for about thirty seconds, leaps off the potty and goes and poops in a corner. If we take him every 20-30 minutes he will pee every time but if we miss one of those timers he will most definitely pee in his pants and has no desire to run to the toilet if he feels it coming. But there is NO way we're going back now, so we'll just keep trucking along!
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| Showing off his certificate at the showcase |
Oliver can successfully count to ten and can identify all of his colors (when he's not distracted by...life). I think it's super impressive. His favorite numbers are still two (do) and five (figh). He LOVES to count before he does things and demands "minute!" before we ask him to do anything which means he wants us to set the timer for some minutes before he: goes potty, gets ready for bed, washes his hands for dinner, picks up toys, etc.
He is sleeping a bit better since we returned from Sunriver and his few nights in the bottom of a bunk bed there. I think he was waking up in the morning when he wasn't covered by his blankets and then wouldn't go back to sleep eventually. Now, he still needs to be recovered around 5:30-6:00 but then he'll go back to sleep for another hour sometimes! YAY! I think being in a big kid bed with big covers will do wonders for him, but I don't want to get rid of the glider in his room yet, so we're going to transition his crib to the toddler bed for a bit. Maybe. Or maybe I should just suck it up and put the twin bed in there. Ugh.
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| Cheesing Oliver is way better than tantruming Oliver |
Probably the most drastic recent development is Oliver's proclivity for tantrums. Like. Big ones. He has discovered the word NO and uses it frequently. And if we expect him to do something and he doesn't want to, forget it or expect a complete meltdown. It's guaranteed at some point he will melt down in the car, sometime before nap/bedtime, and perhaps before dinner where he is placed on the bottom step of our staircase until he calms down and goes and washes his hands so he can come join us at the table. ARGH. It is SO frustrating because he was SO easy going and now, NOPE.
Zoe:
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| Riding her bike at Sunriver |
Z is also growing growing growing. She has learned how to ride her bike which she absolutely LOVES (especially since she learned how to brake in Sunriver) and she thinks she's the fastest bicyclist in the world (spoiler alert: she is SO slow).
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| Zoë and Miss Madeline |
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| "Woodland Creature" |
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| End of the season showcase at The Little Gym |
Watching her in her gymnastics and ballet classes has been my absolutely favorite thing about her lately. She LOVES her classes and is the best student in the class, for real. She listens to the teachers, follow directions, and pushes herself to try new things every week. I know gymnastics is the perfect environment to challenge her because she feels safe and loved by her teachers. I can't say enough good things about the Little Gym and want her to go to classes there forever.
Her ballet recital was absolutely precious and it was so fun to watch her perform. Her teacher, Miss Madeline, was not at the recital so they had a stand in teacher lead them onto the stage and do the dance with them. The kids were all bunched up on one side of the stage and so Zoë ended up in the back of the group on night one. I told her on the way to the school on night two that she needed to get to the front so I could get a better view. And, wouldn't you know it, about 15 seconds into her one minute dance she slid right to the front and continued seamlessly with the choreography. Every time I watch the video it makes me laugh to watch.
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| The whole class |
In other fun news, Z has been sleeping until 8am some mornings and it is glorious. She is also working on recognizing her numbers 1-12 so that she can earn a watch. AND, she can now count to 100 with just a little bit of help on the 10s (and still skips #16!).
She HAS become little miss independent and sulky-pants. But more on that later.
We went to Sunriver with our good friends Kari and Patrick and their 9 month old son Bennett and had a great time. Chris participated in the Pacific Crest Triathlon which was so fun to watch him do. He swam the first leg in the Wikiup Reservoir about a 30 minute drive away from Sunriver, biked to the Three Rivers School, and then finished up a 10K in the Village. We got to see him at each transition and he was wonderful! It was, of course, the hottest day Sunriver has seen this summer yet (high was about 94) so he had his work cut out for him. We are heading back in September with my entire family and we're looking forward to spending more time on our bikes and eating ice cream at Goody's.
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| With the Bradleys: Patrick, Bennett and Kari |
We have our first summer BBQ tomorrow and pretty much have the yard ready, thank goodness. It seems like the summer is flying by already and it's not even the Fourth yet. We have too much fun to pack in!
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With Daddy before he started his swim for the Sunriver Triathlon
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| We love Sunriver! |
